tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post1982069244412354476..comments2024-01-08T03:21:35.616-05:00Comments on DeKalb County School Watch: DeKalb schools spend SPLOST money on administrative officesCerebrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-13822752364492731102010-07-15T01:00:35.271-04:002010-07-15T01:00:35.271-04:00Finally someone else got the message that Yvonne B...Finally someone else got the message that Yvonne Butler has no experiene to be a Director over a Health Program. She traveled on taxpayers money and roamed the states spreading news about health and when she was at school , she made her teachers buys her cookbooks during school time just like Carol Thedford. She used profits for years from her arts gala for her personal benefit and never shared with anyone how much money she made. Richard Belcher should investigate this former principal and her book receipts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-68367303406322835062010-05-21T18:09:39.127-04:002010-05-21T18:09:39.127-04:00@ Anonymous 5:31 pm
......"The old central o...@ Anonymous 5:31 pm<br /><br />......"The old central office was a filthy dump and an embarrassment."<br /><br />It was old and dusty, but the toilets were clean, the air and heat always seemed to work, and I think many of our schools would love to have as nice an environment as that "filthy dump".<br /><br />....."It is my understanding that Ms. Tyson took one look at those tacky white leather chairs Dr. Lewis ordered and sent them back. She seems like a down to earth person, so maybe she replaced them with something less expensive."<br /><br />LOL <br />I wish you could see how many chairs and paint colors and furniture Ms. Tyson and her close associates looked at as they buzzed around fixing up Dr. Bouie's office. Then she had a design consultant in when the Bryant Center Offices were being redone. At that time, there were many area executive directors (now called area superintendents?) housed there, and what they got to pick from was based on their position relative to the "power structure". <br /><br />I never knew there were so many different cloth swatches to pick from for office chairs, not to mention chair styles. I never knew school systems hired "design consultants". All I could think was what a waste of taxpayer money. As for MIS employees, weren't most of us supposed to be out in the schools most of our day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-84430253716632268262010-05-21T17:54:59.489-04:002010-05-21T17:54:59.489-04:00To all you posters who keep referring to the "...To all you posters who keep referring to the "Golden Shower Award": golden shower is a slang term for being urinated on for sexual pleasure. If you didn't know that - NOW YOU DO. Please find another way to be funny. <br /><br />If you did know that, then you should make an effort to keep you humor more appropriate on a blog that is about supporting kids and education. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-63754381366555566512010-05-21T17:31:13.024-04:002010-05-21T17:31:13.024-04:00Many of you are wondering why the old furniture wa...Many of you are wondering why the old furniture was not used in the new facility and new had to be bought. That is because anyone below the title of Director (almost everyone)is in a cubicle. <br /><br />I guess that was supposed to keep people from discussing personal stuff on work hours (it doesn't) but it also interferes with daily business when you can not hear the person you are trying to assist because so many people are talking at the same time. This means that now the schools have no privacy either. <br /><br />We were told from the top that this was how things are done in the corporate world. Actually, this was Pat Pope's vision. She sold it to Lewis who sold it to the board. Whenever she wanted something (a corporate setting, getting rid of the print department, etc.) she would say that is how it's done in Gwinnett. She will be in jail soon, but the results of her decisions will be with DCSS for decades. <br /><br />The old central office was a filthy dump and an embarrassment. However, more thought should have been put in to what the new one should look like. Just like the school construction projects Pat Pope oversaw, this one has lots of problems. <br /><br />It is my understanding that Ms. Tyson took one look at those tacky white leather chairs Dr. Lewis ordered and sent them back. She seems like a down to earth person, so maybe she replaced them with something less expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-78839431168060934992010-05-19T18:13:24.820-04:002010-05-19T18:13:24.820-04:00Parents want more teachers in the school system, n...Parents want more teachers in the school system, not less. Quite frankly, I think every department should have had a 10% to 15% reduction in money allocated so we could keep our teachers intact for students. <br /><br />The 2004 DCSS compensation audit showed 2,500 non-teaching employees were overpaid while less than 300 were underpaid and teachers were paid about right. In addition, we lost 275 teaching positions last year and what's the number this year (300+). That's a 10% reduction in our teaching force in 2 years. Other teachers were expected to take up the slack of losing around 600 teachers. <br /><br />The pay imbalance was never corrected and in fact was exacerbated under Lewis. It has caught up with us in hard economic times. This imbalance in spending and numbers for non-teaching employees must be corrected for the good of our school system.<br /><br />Quite frankly, we should be consolidating and cutting in every department and job except employees inside the classroom teaching students. Outsourcing and consolidating jobs should be happening if we can pour more money into our classrooms. We're not a "jobs program". Sorry to say that because I hate to see people lose their jobs. But the ONLY responsibility the school system has is to educate students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-67239400938157049212010-05-19T17:28:34.848-04:002010-05-19T17:28:34.848-04:00Anon 6:56am
All employees should be hit with fu...Anon 6:56am <br /><br />All employees should be hit with furlough days. It is only fair that everyone who works for the system gets a reduction in pay. If you start singling people or groups of people out you will have even more hard feelings. I am glad that the cuts were across the board. I only hope that school board members take their cut as well, it's ashame they get to opt in or out of their cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-75343146906477584002010-05-19T13:58:36.454-04:002010-05-19T13:58:36.454-04:00I hope he is gone because he thinks he has that bi...I hope he is gone because he thinks he has that billy dee look and beleave he is no billy. He makes dekalb look so bad on tv. He can't even lie well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-54316275005411928182010-05-19T12:34:02.021-04:002010-05-19T12:34:02.021-04:00P.S. It appears Dale Davis is still with DCSS, unl...P.S. It appears Dale Davis is still with DCSS, unless he's just here until the end of a contract/year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-31104905865955876412010-05-19T12:32:35.988-04:002010-05-19T12:32:35.988-04:00Sorry, folks, I can't muster as much sympathy ...Sorry, folks, I can't muster as much sympathy as I might. Schadenfreud, I guess.<br /><br />http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/water-main-breaks-behind-530697.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-44691619159807412002010-05-19T06:56:51.222-04:002010-05-19T06:56:51.222-04:00Ella:
The board does not pay attention to goes on...Ella:<br /><br />The board does not pay attention to goes on half the time. They just rubber stamp every thing through. Case in point....<br /><br />When they adopted to do furloughs this year. The 12 month employees (who take 15 days furlough at something like 7%) - I know 3 board members that thought it meant just "upper" administration. The ones that really could afford the pay cut. <br /><br />It was not until I brought it to there attention that it also meant the custodial staff that works for peanuts and works hard over the summer to get the school ready for the fall.<br /><br />So if you thought your school is dirty now, wait until they do not have enough time this summer to clean the rooms properly because of the shortened days that they have to work.<br /><br />We all now that most of the custodial staff in schools do not make more than peanuts but they all love he kids. Mentoring them, helping out whenever a teachers ask. <br /><br />I seriously believe that the DCSS BOE only thought they were targeting Teachers and Central Office. They have no clue that it every single employee of the school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-60200142933784392412010-05-18T21:16:20.443-04:002010-05-18T21:16:20.443-04:00Where is the purchase order for those chairs and w...Where is the purchase order for those chairs and who actually approved it? What board approved the new chairs?Ella Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485840445272819682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-65542829922591556902010-05-18T18:29:28.321-04:002010-05-18T18:29:28.321-04:00If you will look back at the technology package fo...If you will look back at the technology package for the Mt Ind Complex which was posted on the BOE website, there were a large number of tv's purchased.... The worker bees (teachers) thought this was excessive....especially at a time of paycuts. Sort of a"let them eat cake" philosophy. We don't have working copiers but ,hey, let be sure Upper Managementhas TV's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-63557332863713587342010-05-18T18:19:31.326-04:002010-05-18T18:19:31.326-04:00I am very transparent. However, I hear many things...I am very transparent. However, I hear many things and do not run to this blog and post them. I assume that what was said was correct. I only said something to indicate that many times we do not have all the facts when we get upset on this blog. Many times we have bits and pieces of information that we are making judgements on. <br /><br />I do not know if the chairs where sent back to get another color. Words can be used in gray areas. You are correct. <br /><br />However, knowing some of these members of the board I do believe that many of them would not approve of such expensive purchases. I will give them the benifit of a doubt on decisions like this. Do the school board even see all the items ordered and how much they cost before they are ordered. This would be interesting to find out.<br /><br />I go to many functions and hear many things and many of them may be true and many of them may not. However, I would hope that things like this I hear from a school board member would be true. However on the other hand I am hearing and interpreting what I hear and mistakes can also always be made when information is second handed. This is why I try not to pass on too much information like this. I got the third degree for indicating that the information heard on the news may not be 100% accurate.Ella Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485840445272819682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-34473008714859821462010-05-18T13:50:13.111-04:002010-05-18T13:50:13.111-04:00@10:50, we have Ricoh copiers (2)for about a 1000 ...@10:50, we have Ricoh copiers (2)for about a 1000 student population. We use Milner for the service contract and the copiers are down more than they are up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-40997520878714018772010-05-18T11:34:58.733-04:002010-05-18T11:34:58.733-04:00Freedom of Information Requests -- which cost $$$ ...Freedom of Information Requests -- which cost $$$ - which this blog does not have.Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-42515996519139321142010-05-18T11:10:34.635-04:002010-05-18T11:10:34.635-04:00Cereb 8:38 AM The last report that I saw on lega...Cereb 8:38 AM The last report that I saw on legal fees for the pending "big case" was in the AJC about a month ago. It was $14 Million.<br /><br />I had asked several of the Board members for the number.... no response<br /><br />Megan Matteucci the AJC reporter seems to be able to get all of the stuff. Why not ask her hows he does it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-82649983475635083072010-05-18T08:38:40.311-04:002010-05-18T08:38:40.311-04:00So, do we now have no spokesperson at all? Couple...So, do we now have no spokesperson at all? Coupled with the fact that Tyson made it a point that she intends to respond to the media with "no comment"? Boy, talk about insulating how are we ever going to find out anything? And there's a whole lotta stuff coming down the pike...with these trials, indictments, etc.<br /><br />Personally, I also think we need to keep closer tabs on just how much we are spending on legal fees - these fees could literally be what is breaking us. We can't even find out which budget they are being paid from... anyone know? Anyone want to file an Open Records on that?Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-7074016887931023002010-05-18T07:07:55.558-04:002010-05-18T07:07:55.558-04:00I think I was implying that Dale Davis could have ...I think I was implying that Dale Davis could have solved the issue by the telling the truth right at the start.<br /><br />The buck starts at the top, whether Ms. Tyson said it or not, she could have solved the issue immediately through her "former?" spokesperson Dale Davis.<br /><br />Mr. Womack was only trying to create a gray area, which he had, until this blog got to the truth by talking to the reporter.<br /><br />Ella, if you do get elected to the BOE. Please be transparent! Just tell us the truth, we can handle it! I hope they don';t stop with only Dale Davis' resignation. To gain public trust again they must clean the DCSS from the top, down. <br /><br />Let's hope Jamal "Where's Waldo" Edwards gets his walking papers along with the Guilroys, Moseley, Thompson, Mitchell, Ramsey and the rest!<br /><br />We need to watch to see if and when DCSS decides to install the flat screen TV's, how many they install etc... We must watch this bunch very closely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-20046906735870673212010-05-17T23:14:48.615-04:002010-05-17T23:14:48.615-04:00@ Cerebration 10:16 PM
The point of Womack's...@ Cerebration 10:16 PM<br /><br />The point of Womack's giving Ella misleading information was that he knew she would take him at his word and not ask for proof. <br /><br />He also knew that Ella would publish what he said, as fact, on this blog. And that she would be general in crediting "a board member" with the information. <br /><br />Desperate for some "good news" where there is none, Womack decided to trade in unproven half-truths.<br /><br />What Womack did not count on was that several of us sheep -- finally waking to reality -- would insist on knowing who told Ella ("grilling" her as you put it) and insist on actual real proof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-34786453066591745772010-05-17T22:16:20.337-04:002010-05-17T22:16:20.337-04:00What would be the point of that? I think he was si...What would be the point of that? I think he was simply mistaken. He heard "returned" but didn't realize that meant "exchanged"... I don't think it's anything other than that.Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-32665379991388606132010-05-17T22:00:21.953-04:002010-05-17T22:00:21.953-04:00I have known Paul Womack for a long time. He defi...I have known Paul Womack for a long time. He definitely was setting up Ella.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-11989103888094666232010-05-17T21:59:06.344-04:002010-05-17T21:59:06.344-04:00Hey, Ms. Tyson, while you were re-ordering the cha...Hey, Ms. Tyson, while you were re-ordering the chairs in another color, why didn't you ask for transparent plastic coverings to keep them clean?teachercreaturenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-6477842598916762362010-05-17T21:32:19.199-04:002010-05-17T21:32:19.199-04:00I am a tax payer and i am going to check and see i...I am a tax payer and i am going to check and see if they install flat screens tv's in those offices. I suggest they send them back. People are losing there jobs and our children will suffer from this. Get a weather radio and maybe one small tv for the front office. It is time for all this waste to be gone. Lewis and the board and that central office have turn this system up side down, it's time to put our children first. I remember a close friend saying that dekalb would go under with lewis and he was going to retire as soon as he got his time in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-80750260337012007352010-05-17T21:27:35.462-04:002010-05-17T21:27:35.462-04:00Or Mr. Womack was setting Ella up.....Or Mr. Womack was setting Ella up.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-13731334704603738682010-05-17T20:24:08.010-04:002010-05-17T20:24:08.010-04:00Right - the reporter tells us that Dale Davis told...Right - the reporter tells us that Dale Davis told him the chairs were exchanged for another color. Seems perhaps Paul Womack was a bit mistaken on his interpretation...Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.com